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After finishing “The Master and Margarita”, I started reading earlier this week “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. I wanted to start with Ishiguro a few months ago and I was kind of undecided between this and “Never Let Me Go”, which I nominated for the next bookclub.
I'm currently on page 70 and so far I'm enjoying it. The main character is an old Butler who's kind of of a sperg. His new american boss gives him a few days off and he goes on a roadtrip through the English countryside to visit the old Housekeeper who left the Manor 20 years before while revisiting his memories from the time she worked there.
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I started Seven Pillars, pretty interesting so far, although I smile every time Lawrence writes “needful”
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Thoughts on TE Lawrence? I love “Lawrence of Arabia”, fantastic film and I think it was partially based on Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
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Still early on, but he seems like an interesting guy, he talks about creating interpersonal conflict so he could go to Arabia with one of the guys he liked working with. Never watched Lawrence of Arabia but I am fascinated by colonial theaters, they always seem to attract a different breed than your European theaters
Also a little bit difficult to read at times, he transliterates Arabic words and places differently depending on how he's feeling lol
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I want to use this first emoji, but it gives me the second one
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lmao oh
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